Umbrella-support



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.FREDERICK HAI'TZ, or frownnnn, ILLINOIS.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 377,456, dated February 7, 1888.

Application tiled June 6, 1887. Serial No. 240.451. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HAITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at T Wanda, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrella-Supports,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in umbrella-supports; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter,

' and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an umbrella-support that is adapted to attach an umbrella to a wagon or other vehicle or to an agricultural machine--such as a mowing-niachine, a grain-binder, or corn-planter, 85e.- said support being provided with means by which the umbrella may be adjusted vertically or horizontally or inclined to any desired angle.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation'of an umbrellasupport embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the saine. Fig. 3 is a top plan View. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line a." x of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isan enlarged detail View of T-shaped head'.

A represents the socket, which is secured to the seat of the vehicle or machine by means of an arm, B. In the bottom of the vehicle is a socket, C, adapted to receive the lower end of avertical standard, D, which standard passes through the 'socket A and is then bent outward at right angles, so as to clear the side of the vehicle and of the seat, and is then bent upward to a Vertical position, as shown. The upper end of standard D is provided with a sleeve, E,wl1ich is rigidly connected thereto, and has a square vertical socket, F.

G represents a clamping-screw. which V extends through the threaded opening made in one side of the socket.

vII represents a vertical rod which is made of metal and is adapted to slide vertically in the sleeve E. The upper end of therodH is cyi lindrical in shape and is provided with a transverse threaded opening, I, and at asuitable distance from the upper end of rod His a collar, K, which is provided with a series of vertical radial spurs, L.

M represents a T-shaped head which is provided with a depending sleeve or socket, N, and a transverse sleeve, O, at the upper end of the sleeve' N. The latter is provided at its lower side with a series of inwardlylprojecting teeth or offsets, P, which are adapted to pass through the spaces between the teeth L of the collar K. At a suitable distance from the upper end of the sleeve N is an inwardly-project` ing annular oiset, B.

S represents a coiled extensile spring which is arranged in the sleeve N This spring encircles the upper cylindrical end of the rodH and bears on-the upper side of the collar K,

and thereby normally forces the rod H downward, so that the spur-teeth ot' the collar engage the vertical recesses in the sleeve N and thus prevent the head from rotating on the rod.

U represents a screw or pin which extends transversely through, the opening I in the npper end of rod H and bears normally against the oii'set R to limit the downward movement of the rod H.

V represents a setscrewY which extends through one side of thesleeveN andis adapted to `engage the upper end of rod H and hold the latter whilethe screw or pin U is being inserted through the opening I.

W represents a horizontal bar, which .is also v made olmetal, and extends through the`1ongitud-inal bore of the sleeve O, and the latter is provided with a set 'screw, X, adapted `to clamp the bar W at any desired longitudinal adjustment. `One end of the bar W is cylindrical in shape and is adapted to enter a cylindrical sleeve, Y. At a suitable distance from the end of the bar W is an annular collarv or flange,- Z, the diameter of which is equalto the-interior diameter of the sleeve Y.

. A represents a coiled extensile spring which is arranged around the cylindrical portion of the bar W, and hears between the front side of the flange Z andthe outer end of thesleeve Y, the function of the said spring being to normally project the said sleeve outward to the end of the bar. p

B represents an arm which projects from the sleeve -`Y at right angles thereto, and C represents a cylindrical stud, which also projects from the sai-d sleeve and is arrangedparallel with the arm B'. The latter has an outwardly-extending stud, D', at its extremity, which stud is adapted to engage either of a series of openings, E', with which a semicircular plate, F', that is attached to the outer end of the bar W, is provided.

By first moving the sleeve Y inward against the tension of the spring, so as to withdraw the stud B' from the opening E' with which it is engaged, the sleeve may be turned on the bar WV to any desired angle. The stud C' is adapted to fit in a vertical socket at the lower end of the umbrella-handle, (not shown,) and a pin, G', extends transversely through the umbrella handle or thimble and through the stud C', so as to secure the umbrella firmly to the stud and prevent it from becoming acci dentally disengaged therefrom. It will be readily understood that by turning the sleeve on the supporting-bar WV the unxbrella may be inclined at any desired angle.

As the bar W is longitudinally adjustable in the head, the umbrella maybe moved in or out, and by depressing the head,so as to cause the recesses or teeth in the lower end of the sleeve N to pass below the teeth in the collar on the rod H, the head may be turned on the said rod, so as to swing the bar W in a horizontal direction, and thus cause the umbrella to be turned to any point ofthe compass.

Iproposein practice to employ thisumbrellasupport in connection wit-h the improved umbrella shown and described in my pending application for Letters Patent of the United upper end of rod H and provided at its lower end with the teeth or recesses to engage the teeth L, the springs bearing downward normally on the collar K, the horizontal bar NV, secured in the upper side of the head A, and the sleeve on the bar XV, adapted to turn thereon and provided with the stud C to enter asocket 'in the umbrella handle or thimble, and the arm or detent D', to engage a series ot' openings in a plate, F', on the end of the bar XV, and thereby secure the sleeve thereon at any desired inclination, substantially as described. y

2. The combination, in an umbrella-support, of the vertical rod H, the head M at the upper end of the said rod, the horizontal bar W, sccured in the said head and adjustablcthercin, the head being provided with the clampingscrew to secure the bar, and the sleeve secured to the bar IV and adapted to turn thereon to any desired angle, the said sleeve having the stud C to enter the recess or soeketin the um brella handle or thixnble, substantially as described.

3. In an umbrellasupport, the combination of the standard ll, having the collar l, provided with vertical teeth L, the head M, having the sleeve N to receive the upper end ol' rod II, the said sleeve being provided with the annular inwardly projecting offset It, the

spring S on the upper end of rod H and bea-ring between the olfset It and the collar K, for the purpose set forth, and thepin or screw extending transversely through the upper end of rod H above the oifset R, substantially as described. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'l'lixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK HAITZ.

W'itncsses:

ROBERT lIcNULrA, \VILLIAM B. Gauipooii. 

